Elite Leaders Devils Hit Six Against Flyers in Fife

Fife Flyers 0, Cardiff Devils 6

Cardiff Devils produced one of their best team performances on the road this season when they hit Flyers for six at their Fife Arena home stadium in Kirkcaldy.

Captain Jake Morissette and his Devils dominated a home team who had won 6-2 at Nottingham Panthers the previous evening.

The skating, passing and movement of Devils players left Flyers gasping at times. Morissette’s men kept Fife under pressure all over the ice.

Mike Hedden (2), Morissette, Joey Martin, Evan Mosey and Stephen Dixon scored in Cardiff’s fifth successive Elite League win.

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Morissette opened the scoring after two minutes 18 seconds with Gleason Fournier and Mosey picking up the assists.

Hedden doubled the lead at 13-20, Martin made it 3-0 on a powerplay (22-28) and Hedden scored his second just before halfway (29-45).

Mosey (35-43) added a fifth and Fife were in deep trouble.

With just over three minutes left in the second period Danick Gauthier dropped the gloves with Devils Mark Louis to try and give his team a spark, but Louis answered the call and both players sat five minutes for fighting. 

Devils finished the match on a four minute powerplay after Brett Bulmer was called for a late hit and was then given an additional two minutes penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Dixon completed the scoring with one minute 12 seconds to round off the 6-0 scoreline. 

Ben Bowns stopped all 37 shots faced for his third shutout of the season and was also voted man of the match.

Man of the match Ben Bowns makes one of his 37 saves at Fife. Pic: Jillian McFarlane

Match stats: 

Scorers, Devils: Mike Hedden 2+0, Jake Morissette 1+0, Joey Martin 1+0, Evan Mosey 1+1, Stephen Dixon 1+1, Gleason Fournier 0+3, Charles Linglet 0+3, Mark Richardson 0+2, Drew Schiestel 0+1, Matt Pope.

Period scores (Flyers first): 0-2; 0-3 (0-5;0-1 (0-6).

Shots on goal: Flyers (on Bowns) 13+12+12=37; Devils (on Owen) 14+9+12=35.

Penalties in minutes: Flyers 2+13+4=19; Devils 2+13+4=19.

Special teams: Flyers PK 3/5, PP 0/4; Devils PK 4/4, PP 2/5.

Stars of the game: Flyers, Danick Gauthier; Devils, Ben Bowns.

Referees: Pavel Halas and Toby Craig.

Attendance: 2,435

Captain Jake Morissette opened the scoring for the Devils at Fife Flyers. Pic: Jillian McFarlane

Elite League results on Sunday: Belfast Giants 4, Sheffield Steelers 3; Coventry Blaze 1, Glasgow Clan 2; Manchester Storm 4, Nottingham Panthers 3; Guildford Flames 3, Milton Keynes Lightning 2; Fife Flyers 0, Cardiff Devils 6.

Cardiff Devils remaining fixtures in January

Saturday 12 v Glasgow Clan (away, 7pm)

Sunday 13 v Nottingham Panthers (home, 6pm)

Saturday 19 v Belfast Giants (home, 7pm)

Sunday 20 v v Belfast Giants (home, 6pm)

Wednesday 23 v Sheffield Steelers (away, 7.30pm)

Saturday 26 v Nottingham Panthers (away, 7pm)

Sunday 27 v Fife Flyers (away, 6.30pm)

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ELITE ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE 2018/19

TEAM	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	STREAK
Cardiff Devils	34	25	5	4	54	.794	137	84	399	5-0
Belfast Giants	35	26	8	1	53	.757	134	81	474	2-0
Nottingham Panthers	39	20	11	8	48	.615	126	119	657	0-2
Fife Flyers	34	18	12	4	40	.588	116	112	471	0-1
Glasgow Clan	32	18	13	1	37	.578	112	105	382	3-0
Guildford Flames	34	17	16	1	35	.515	108	102	442	1-0
Sheffield Steelers	35	17	17	1	35	.500	110	120	471	0-3
Dundee Stars	36	12	15	9	33	.458	93	127	365	0-3
Coventry Blaze	32	13	13	6	32	.500	106	120	399	1-0
Manchester Storm	35	14	18	3	31	.443	99	127	818	1-0
Milton Keynes Lightning	36	11	22	3	25	.347	87	131	672	0-2